And of course that is one of the RW memes now going through FB. I was listening to NPR yesterday and they had a scientist from some university in CA whose area of study is in climate change/forest fires. He completely debunked this and did not even know how that idea could have even started. He went into great detail of why that is ridiculous, and I'm sorry that I did not pay more attention to detail to explain his answer. But he explained why that is not even possible to use rivers for that purpose, mentioning fresh/salt water and evaporation. Does anyone else here listen to NPR? Anyway, it was debunked and water being diverted into the Pacific Ocean has nothing to do with fighting the fires.

what a glorious day!

And of course that is one of the RW memes now going through FB. I was listening to NPR yesterday and they had a scientist from some university in CA whose area of study is in climate change/forest fires. He completely debunked this and did not even know how that idea could have even started. He went into great detail of why that is ridiculous, and I'm sorry that I did not pay more attention to detail to explain his answer. But he explained why that is not even possible to use rivers for that purpose, mentioning fresh/salt water and evaporation. Does anyone else here listen to NPR? Anyway, it was debunked and water being diverted into the Pacific Ocean has nothing to do with fighting the fires.

This is something that I think is wrong with the MSM. I know for sure that I read that this was in the works before. It's been a while. But it's not new. But it also wasn't huge news and then disappeared again from the headlines. I understand that there is a lot going on but Trump has been in office long enough for the MSM to adapt and they should have some grip on how to balance their coverage by now so that these things don't drop off the radar until it's too late. Maybe covering a Trump rally or two less and not writing an article each time someone utters a new sentence in the Russia investgation might give them room to cover other things more thoroughly.

Cat Lady-in-Training

For Trumps's tweets about the CA wildfires, he is mangling common conservative talking points.

The thing about the water being diverted into the Pacific is coming from farmers in the Central Valley who constantly bitch that they aren't getting enough water from NorCal and, goddamnit, they deserve it. The reason they aren't getting it is because there is only so much to go around and we need to make sure enough flows into the ocean to sustain life there. We already have enough problems with manatee dying because there aren't enough shrimp in the ocean to feed them. Also, if too much water gets diverted to the CV, the Port of Sacramento won't be a port anymore and that would be a disaster economically.

The "tree clear" part is a complaint that oaks and heritage trees are a protected species. Conservatives are claiming that because they are protected, dead ones can't be cleared and that's why there is so much fuel for these fires. The problem with that point is that there is no law that says you can't clear dead trees. Instead, there has been forest mismanagement because people are building too close to the forests so the forestry people can't allows small fires to burn out the dead stuff. They used to do that but you can't let them burn instead of putting them out anymore because it puts homes and people in danger.

Cat Lady-in-Training

He may have "serious cognitive impairment" or he may just not care enough to remember the details. We really have no way of knowing as we are not experts who have examined him and we only have his public behavior to go by.

The Trump administration moved on Wednesday to drastically shrink a government agency tasked with identifying looming financial risks, notifying around 40 staff members they would be laid off, according to a person familiar with the changes.

Not related to asbestos but Russia, I've read that the new Russia sanctions bill was leaked to the Russian press in full (before it was leaked to the US press). I've not seen any of the major news outlets confirm though but considering that Rand Paul was just in Russia, I wouldn't find it surprising.

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"President Trump has repeatedly denounced what he calls “chain migration,” in which adult American citizens can obtain residency for their relatives. His Slovenian in-laws became US citizens in Manhattan on Thursday by taking advantage of that very program."

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"President Trump has repeatedly denounced what he calls “chain migration,” in which adult American citizens can obtain residency for their relatives. His Slovenian in-laws became US citizens in Manhattan on Thursday by taking advantage of that very program."

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"President Trump has repeatedly denounced what he calls “chain migration,” in which adult American citizens can obtain residency for their relatives. His Slovenian in-laws became US citizens in Manhattan on Thursday by taking advantage of that very program."

Golden Team

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, 73 and 71 years old, respectively, are retired, and they maintain regular contact with the Trump family, often traveling with the first family on trips to Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, New Jersey.

Certainly, I just thought it was important to note that Melania's parents do have regular contact with the family, and travel with the President on a regular basis. How much contact they have with the President himself, I have no idea, but it supports the hypocrisy argument by showing that his policy on immigration is something that applies to others, and not his own family.

The last time wages were growing substantially above inflation was in 2016. Since then, inflation has picked up while wages have remained the same. Inflation hit a six-year high this summer and most economists think it will stay around where it currently is or even grow a bit faster, especially if Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products and steel and aluminum drive up costs for consumers.